Bencetić families are Croats and they are mostly from Karlovac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Karlovac area. In Donja Zdenčina in Jastrebarsko area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Bencetić.
Prevalence
About 230 people with faimily name Bencetić live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 340 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Draganic in Karlovac area (50), Jastrebarsko (30), Karlovac (20), Zagreb (15), and in Donja Zdencina in Jastrebarsko area (10).
Outside Croatia
At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Germany (1), and to France (1). Family name Bencetić is present in five countries on two continents. The family name "Bencetic " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in France.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.
